Date: Sat May 16, 11:00 AM EDT - Sun May 17, 10:00 AM EDT
Category:
- Highest Awards,
- Outdoor,
- Life Skills
Level:
- Juniors,
- Daisies,
- Seniors,
- Volunteers,
- Cadettes,
- Ambassadors,
- Brownies
Registration deadline: April 29, 2026, or when sold out.
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To register for PALS weekend, please email girlexperience@gsmists.org.
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Include the names of all girls and all adults you would like to register, along with their dietary restrictions.
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A GSMISTS staff member will contact you to complete your registration and assign your cabin placement.
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Lead your first campout with support from GSMISTS staff and volunteers as you complete activities to be used as resources for your next campout. Activities include but are not limited to:
- Introduction to Dunk bags
- Create a Kaper chart with your troop
- Learn about and create SWAPS
- Camp cooking
What to expect.
After check-in followed by announcements, Troops will be introduced into the world of Girl Scout camping by learning about dunk bags, Kaper charts, and SWAPS. Spend the afternoon in the great outdoors and getting comfortable with camp. For dinner, troops will cook their first campfire meal with ingredients and equipment provided by GSMISTS- leave the planning to us! The evening will conclude with an all-camp campfire with Smores and Girl Scout songs. Troop will take home their dunk bags, SWAP, Kaper Chart, and a GSMISTS PALS Patch.
Food:
- Troops will bring their own sack lunch and eat together as a communal camp in Sherwood Lodge. Get to know new troops and make friends!
- Girl Scouts and adults are responsible for bringing their own mess kit or shattered proof cutlery and dishes.
- Continental breakfast will be provided for Sunday.
Requirement for adults attending overnight events:
- Each Troop must have at LEAST 1 adult Troop Camp Skills certified, and 1 Adult CPR/ First Aid trained.
- All adults must have a valid background check and registered members of Girl Scouts
Price: Before April 1st
$25/ Girl
$20/ Adult
After April 1st, girl registration increases to $30/ Girl.
Older Girl Opportunity:
Calling all Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors, share your excitement and experience with younger Girl Scouts participating in their first campout by volunteering to lead activities on Saturday to complete steps towards your Teaching Leadership Award.
No need to register, contact girlexperience@gsmists.org if you would like to volunteer.
Overnight accommodation is not available for Older Girl volunteers.
Older girls must attend with adult supervision
Girl Scouts must work with their troop leader or caregiver prior to camp to plan their activity and bring all necessary supplies. GSMISTS will provide camp details, including participating girl levels and estimated attendance, to help with planning.
Adults play a key role in supporting their Girl Scout throughout the process. This includes assisting with planning, supervising the facilitation and participation of the activity at camp, and conducting a post-camp reflection to review what was learned in order to complete the Leadership Award requirements.
The troop leader or designated adult is responsible for providing the pin and determining whether the Girl Scout has successfully completed all required steps to earn it.
To know more about Leadership Awards and their requirements, review the steps below:
Cadettes Program Aid Award: https://www.girlscouts.org/content/dam/gsusa/forms-and-documents/members/leadership-awards/TeachingAward_ProgramAide.pdf
Senior and Ambassador Volunteer in Training Award: https://www.girlscouts.org/content/dam/gsusa/forms-and-documents/members/leadership-awards/TeachingAward_VIT.pdf
Event Supervision:
This is NOT a drop off event. Troops must come in proper girl to adult ratio. Girl Scouts attending individually must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. See Safety Activity Checkpoints for more information.
Camp Accommodations:
- Camp Anna Behrens is a rustic campground. Many cabin options
do NOT have indoor plumbing - please remember you and your Girl
Scouts may need to make short trips to the bath house and rely on
flashlights at night!
- View cabin capacities and bathroom accommodations here, https://girl-scouts-of-michigan-shore-to-shore.manage.na1.bookingplatform.app/reserve/.
- Cabin accommodations are a maximum of 12-24 participants. Small troops may be paired with other troops in the same unit. We encourage Troop participation with applicable adult: girl ratio. This provides more opportunities for Girl Scouts to participate in their first camping experience.
Saturday Night Camping options:
FULL - Meijer Yurt Saturday Night (2 adult spots, 10 girl spots)
Max capacity of 12 campers (6 bunk beds) If your troop requires 3 adults for ratio, please contact girlexperience@gsmists.org. No indoor plumbing. Bathrooms located a short walk away.
Wege Yurt Saturday Night (2 adult spots, 10 girl spots)
Max capacity of 12 campers (6 bunk beds) If your troop requires 3 adults for ratio, please contact girlexperience@gsmists.org. No indoor plumbing. Bathrooms located a short walk away.
FULL - Cloud's Place Saturday Night (2 adult spots, 10 girl spots)
NOTE: Top bunks in Cloud's Place are not suitable for campers more than 150 lbs. Max capacity of 12 campers (6 bunk beds) If your troop requires 3 adults for ratio, please contact girlexperience@gsmists.org. No indoor plumbing. Bathrooms located a short walk away.
FULL - White Pine A Saturday Night (2 adult spots, 10 girl spots)
White Pine is a unit comprised of 3 small cabins united by a large porch. 2 cabins sleep 10 girls, and a center unit sleeps 4 adults.
White Pine A is allotted for 2 adults and 10 Girl Scouts. (bunk bed accommodations) If your troop requires 3 adults for ratio, please contact girlexperience@gsmists.org. No indoor plumbing. Bathrooms located a short walk away.
FULL - White Pine B Saturday Night (2 adult spots, 7 girl spots)
White Pine is a unit comprised of 3 small cabins united by a large porch. 2 cabins sleep 10 girls, and a center unit sleeps 4 adults.
White Pine B is allotted for 2 adults and 10 Girl Scouts. (bunk bed accommodations) If your troop requires 3 adults for ratio, please contact girlexperience@gsmists.org. No indoor plumbing. Bathrooms located a short walk away.
FULL - Lodgepole A Saturday Night (2 adult spots, 10 girl spots)
Lodgepole is a unit comprised of 3 small cabins united by a large porch. 2 cabins sleep 10 girls, and a center unit sleeps 4 adults.
Lodgepole A is allotted for 2 adults and 10 Girl Scouts. (bunk bed accommodations) If your troop requires 3 adults for ratio, please contact girlexperience@gsmists.org. No indoor plumbing. Bathrooms located a short walk away.
FULL - Lodgepole B Saturday Night (4 adult spots, 10 girl spots)
Lodgepole is a unit comprised of 3 small cabins united by a large porch. 2 cabins sleep 10 girls, and a center unit sleeps 4 adults.
Lodgepole B is allotted for 2 adults and 10 Girl Scouts. (bunk bed accommodations) If your troop requires 3 adults for ratio, please contact girlexperience@gsmists.org. No indoor plumbing. Bathrooms located a short walk away.
